Python Beginner Tutorial 6 For Absolute Beginners - (ARGV)

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[FadiSamir]

Thanks for the tutorial! BTW at 1:25 you can press Tab to find the file name quickly.

[raitiC]

I just started to learn programing. Althought english is not my first language it's easy to undarstand you. This is realy great work, thank you, Chris! ;)

[stirlinggreer]

Wow. This is so useful. Definitely should be taught in other beginner courses!

[Daniel-rkqz]

how come after i write:
my_name = input("What is your name?")
print("Hi " + my_name)

and type in my name...

It gives me back "please start a debug session to evaluate"

[chinmoypadhi]

Hi Chris, I am new to python as u said sys.argv is a list, could you please let me understand sys.argv[1:2] what exactly is this? It will be better if you can provide some example

[ThePhantazmya]

Yay a bunch more python videos! .. I guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow..

[rickomba]

On the user input, I get the prompt & once I enter the feedback I get an error - NameError 'Chris' is not defined

Any idea what could be the issue

[koenvialle]

if i try the input it doesn't say what is your name. it says module 'sys' (built-in). what does this mean?.

[jrankz]

Hey there Chris just started learning form you python and its going well but i would like like if you could show me how to run ARGV in the editor please and thank you awaiting a reponse

[anrik-lk]

In regards to using command line, or terminal on mac, it is not working the same as on this, I am getting a permission denied error whenever I try to open the file, any ideas?

[Kojoller]

I was having the same issue as a lot of y'all with the command prompt giving me an error. dry typing in "raw_input" instead of just"input." That solved the issue for me. Below is my code:
my_name =raw_input("What is your name?")

print ("hi" + my_name)

[jaskoh]

I would like to know why when I type ", it does not auto have the another ". I would like to know also when I type the command input(), it does not have the suggestion or anything to tell me what can I key inside the command. I have the same issue for the previous tutorial while doing insert(). Can please teach me how to resolve?

[gameegan.]

when i run in cmd another window of pythonshell opens pls tell me what to do

[serinasumak]

I am having difficulty with this one issue, that is preventing me to move forward in my python learning. In command prompt the first thing that pops up for me to type next to is C:\Users\serina> but I am trying to change it to program files to access certain documents that do not show up on my directory. I have tried cd program files but it comes up with a message saying

C:\Users\serina>cd program files

The system cannot find the path specified.

If this makes any difference I have a subfolder in my documents folder that i am trying to access and open in command prompt but the directory will not give me the folder.

[ryanforgo]

hello there guys. i am completely new to programming. like i am starting from zero Literally.
so the thing is i am not sure if starting from chris videos is right or wrong. every 1 or 2 videos i feel like there is a problem that i can't get it solved!

for example here i am doing the exact same thing chris asked, however. when i try opening the file in cmd i get "file is not defined". what i tried in cmd is first i added python file name. second i tried to locate the directory for python in cmd since when i start cmd it's pointing out to c:\users\mypc but python is like 5 or 7 folders/subfolders in. i tried locating the python file but i get either "error 2" no such file or directory or "is not recognized as external command, operable program or batch file

so is it right to start with chris videos for someone who's started from zero like completely ? if not then where should i start? it's really hard to find the first steps over the internet.

if chris videos are fine for complete beginners in the whole programming world. then how can i get my cmd to open this file ? i added the path from teh first video and if i type /python cmd will locate it.

[amanraturi]

file"<std>", line 1 error is coming as soon as i press enter on cmd plz help

[lukestamm]

Any chance this command can wreck your whole computer?

[rehanayoub]

how would you pass argv[1] in the text editor?

[idfwu]

When I input something into my program and press Enter nothing happens. Can someone help me?

[michealvincent]

Python 3.62 in Visual Studio Code, none of the examples are working to obtain user input. It allows you to type a name, though it never executes the "hi' part of the code. Tried using raw_input as well as input(). Copied other examples from the web also, no luck.
Edit: Works in the python IDE, but not in Studio Code